Sentences with phrase «ecosystem functioning all»

The impaired functioning and heightened vulnerability of southwestern forests to large - scale disturbances increases the urgency to improve ecosystem functioning, and to measure the effectiveness and trade - offs associated with these management activities using robust adaptive management and monitoring protocols.

The 4FRI project provided the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of forest thinning to improve forest resilience and ecosystem functioning at larger scales.

There is tons of empirical evidence showing this in the biodiversity - ecosystem functioning debate but its clear that Graeme — and Willis — and most of the other nay - sayers here don't peruse through the ISI Web of Science and assiduously go through the relevant journals.

David Tilman, Distinguished Professor — Ecology, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning PhD, Ecology, University of Michigan; BS, Zoology, University of Michigan

Such animal declines will cascade onto ecosystem functioning.»

It is now widely recognized that climate change, land degradation, and biodiversity are interconnected; not only through the effects of climate change on biodiversity and land management, but also through the changes in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning that affect climate change.

All of these examples highlight not only the importance of mammals for ecosystem functioning, but for ecosystem services to humans.

These factors had often demonstrated a strong impact on ecosystem functioning in previous experiments.

The researchers have published their findings in a special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, which is dedicated to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in dynamic landscapes.

«Dramatic shifts in species distributions, community composition, forest diversity and ecosystem functioning have to be expected,» Engelbrecht says, «even with relatively small changes in dry season lengths of only about one month.»

«Contrary to expectations, we found concave - shaped relationships between logging intensity and biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, demonstrating that sensitive dung beetle species and important processes may be lost following even low intensity anthropogenic forest disturbances,» said co-author Professor Jos Barlow of Lancaster University.

Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of the anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species.

Mnemiopsis is a voracious predator, it cuts the food supply for other predators, triggering changes in abundance, species diversity and ecosystem functioning all the way down to bacteria and viruses.

At the same time, altered water availability and enhanced photosynthesis can change the amount of leaf, root and below ground microbial biomass, resulting in changes to ecosystem functioning.

The group also analyzed data from national forest inventories across Europe, making the study one of the most comprehensive analyses of forest ecosystem functioning at this scale to date.

This watering action contributed to protecting and restoring ecosystem functions and aquatic habitats in the Warrego River system by supporting more naturally variable flow regimes.

Although shade coffee farms can provide habitat for some species, they do not possess the complete suite of species or ecosystem functions as the original habitat.

Approximately 13,000 ML of environmental water entitlements from the Barwon River near Collarenebri and the Darling River entitlements at Toorale remained in - stream and contributed to protecting and restoring ecosystem functions and aquatic habitats in the Barwon - Darling River system by supporting:

A flow event in Sept 2016 triggered access to Commonwealth allocations and a total 794 ML of Commonwealth environmental water contributed to in - stream flows, protecting and restoring ecosystem functions and aquatic habitats in the Warrego River system by supporting:

I'm inclined to take exception to the statement «Enormous tracts of virgin forest have little to do with sustaining people...» As «the air conditioner of the earth,» tracts of virgin tropical forest sustain us all through many important ecosystem functions.

Return flows from the use of Commonwealth environmental water in lower Broken Creek supported downstream actions throughout the Mid Murray, Lower Murray, Coorong and Lower Lakes, contributing to the protection, maintenance and improvement of the diversity and condition of water dependent native flora and fauna and ecosystem function.

Floral diversity has been shown to contribute to ecosystem stability, while the invertebrate community associated with field boundaries performs many ecosystem functions including biological control of pests and diseases, pollination and food resource for higher trophic levels.

As organic farmers can not use synthetic substances (e.g. fertilizers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals) they need to restore the natural ecological balance because ecosystem functions are their main productive «input».

The direct economic value of ecosystem functions for organic farmers is an excellent example of «benefit - sharing».

They are all part of FunDivEurope, a large - scale project examining the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functions in forests.

«And certainly, implications for ecosystem for ecosystem function, particularly for forest health, since these bats feed primarily on insects, and the insects are a major part of these forests.

«Reduced ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations: Scientists assess environmental effects of forest conversion.»

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Göttingen, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and Bogor Agricultural University in Indonesia has now performed a complete and multidisciplinary assessment of all ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations as compared to lowland forests.

The results also reveal mitigation options that can reduce damage and benefit multiple ecosystem functions simultaneously.

And more research is needed on developing effective management practices that can off - set the losses of ecosystem functions.»

Synthesizing about 1000 scientific studies and reports, the scientists were now able to give a balanced report on the changes in all 14 ecosystem functions, including gas and climate regulation, water regulation and supply, moderation of extreme events, provision of food and raw materials, as well as medicinal resources.

«We hope that our findings will stimulate further research into relationships between species composition, ecosystem function, and climate variability.»

They found that in oil palm plantations, eleven out of 14 ecosystem functions showed a net decrease, some with an irreversible global impact.

We've moved into ecosystem functions, carbon fluxes and nutrient fluxes,» says Greg Henry, an ecologist at the University of British Columbia.

Several rare upland bird species are being put at risk together with other ecosystem functions by the effects of climate change on the UK's blanket bogs, ecologists at the University of York have discovered.

A healthy global debate has occurred concerning the benefits of using non-native trees for restoring some aspects of ecosystem function in degraded habitats.

Porter warned that if corals continue to die, he sees «the possibility of disruption of ecosystem function» — with far - ranging effects on other organisms.

The research concluded that permafrost degradation is already fundamentally transforming the way that high - latitude Northern Hemisphere ecosystems function.

The scientist from Tübingen reached the conclusion that, on the one hand, modern man was the cause of these giant terrestrial animals» extinction, and on the other hand, humans took over part of the animals» ecosystem functions.

In this new study scientists calculated how much it would cost to set aside land in priority landscapes across the whole Atlantic Forest in order to restore the minimum amount of habitat needed to conserve biodiversity and maintain ecosystem functions.

The key lies in organic materials found in fossil bones, which contain evidence for how ancient ecosystems functioned, according to a new study available online and in the September issue of the Journal of Herpetology.

In the end, perhaps preserving the biocrust's ecosystem function is more important than preserving species native to the Colorado Plateau.

Though it's not yet clear whether these trends hold for all plant eaters, that they exist at all means that ecologists need to keep them in mind as they figure out the dynamics of how ecosystems function.

«When you think from a climate point of view, you're not having carbon uptake across all this landscape for many decades when there's very little plant cover,» study co-author Steve Running, a University of Montana professor who models ecosystem functions, said.

Like many large vertebrates, orangutans play a particularly critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystem function.

The new study provides data to assist scientists in understanding how changes in the environment trigger long - term changes in coral reef growth and ecosystem function, which is a critical challenge to coral - reef conservation.

«This is an eye - opening study that says we really need to investigate these ecosystems in more detail and incorporate all these other mechanisms before we can say what will lead to a catastrophic collapse in ecosystem function,» Huisman said.

After all, de-treeing the landscape alters the way ecosystems function and self - regulate.

«Our results suggest that current levels of pesticide exposure could be significantly affecting how bees are interacting with wild plants, and impairing the crucial pollination services they provide that support healthy ecosystem function,» he said.

«There is at present too little known about how marine ecosystems function in the Arctic, let alone how they will respond to the dramatic changes in progress, to prescribe safe harvest levels for living marine resources in the U.S. Arctic,» 43 marine scientists said in a letter to the Council chair.